This year’s Agronomy Field Day has a new feature – a tillage equipment demonstration – in addition to exhibits and four tours that highlight current crops and soils research. The event is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 5 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Arlington Agricultural Research Station.

Sevie Kenyon and Michael J. Maroney DVM, have joined the staff of the Department of Dairy Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in support of the Milk Safety and Quality Program. Kenyon works as the Extension milk safety and quality outreach specialist and Maroney serves as Extension milk safety and quality outreach veterinarian.

What goes in must come out, and in the case of phosphorus, too much has been going into cows and coming out on farmlands. New state and federal rules aimed at curbing runoff pollution are going to affect many Wisconsin farms.